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package org.proteusframework.platformservice.theme.panel;

import org.proteusframework.core.api.model.IMetadata;

import static org.proteusframework.platformservice.IExtendedRuntimeConfiguration.KEY_THEME_SERVICE;

public interface IRenderedComponent extends IMetadata, IGroupingComponent
{
    public static final String RENDERED_NS = KEY_THEME_SERVICE + ".Rendered.";

    /**
     * We intentionally don't link to a JComponent here so that the framework works cleanly on an Android platform.
     *
     * @return Object that can be rendered. In a Theme Platform Service based on Swing, these would be JComponents. It
     *         would differ on the Android platform.
     */
    Object getComponent();
}
